"This letter to the editor to a southern california retirement community has been refused publication.

Did you know that all Flu shots and vaccine shots
from multiple dose vials contain a preservative
which is a mixture of mercury,aluminum and
formaldehyde? Mercury is the most poisonous
non-radioactive element and Aluminum makes it 50 times
more toxic. Formaldehyde is used for embalming
specimens. Vaccines in single dose vials do not need
preservatives. But multiple dose vials are convenient
for doctors to use and save
them a few cents. According to immunologist Hugh
Fudenberg MD, people who get 5 or more consecutive flu
shots have a ten times higher rate of Alzheimers
disease.
Even a dog should not be injected with mercury.
Since most vets use multiple dose vials I purchased
single dose vials to vaccinate my puppy.
The epidemic of Autism in this
country in the last 20 years matches the increase in
mercury injected into children. While doctors and
dentists (silver Amalgam fillings are 50 percent
mercury) are poisoning us with mercury the People of
the State of California passed a law making it a crime
in 2006 to inject a pregnant women or child under 3
with mercury in vaccines. And by the way the FDA
allows aluminum
which is a poisonous toxic metal to be added to your
food as an additive to baking powder(sodium aluminum
phosphate). You have to protect yourself!
Start now! If you want a flu shot get it withoutmercury. "

That's as bad, or worse, than what the Chinese have been doing in terms of lead in children's toys and other exported products. Careless poisoning of the public in order to generate a few additional dollars seems to be a tradition on this planet. The element of conscience is a rare encounter in the corporate world.

I agree...glad I didn't get a flu shot this season. Last time I got a flu shot I got the flu...and was in bed, very sick, for five days.

I don't know if your school district ever took part in SWISH, a dental hygiene program that allowed school children to "swish" their mouths for a full minute once a week with a pre-mixed liquid that supposedly contained flouride. It was supposed to help prevent tooth decay. Parents had to give written permission for their children to participate in the program.

One parent did a bit of research on the pre-mixed liquid and claimed that it contained aluminum waste products. While I don't know if it actually was harmful, she thought it was. She was able to convince over half of my school's parents not to allow their children to participate....

One parent did a bit of research on the pre-mixed liquid and claimed that it contained aluminum waste products.

Speaking of aluminum, it touches our lives (and our bodies) more than one may think. Drink cans and certain cookware are some of the common items made from aluminum that contact substances which we ingest. The good thing is that most of these items contain coatings such as anodization which tend to seal the base aluminum material. That keeps it from eroding into the powdery matter, aluminum oxide, which would be consumed in small quantities if present. However, something that may be worthy of consideration is the potential for scratches that can breach these coatings, and that are bound to occur now and then.